'Knockabout' definitions:
Definition of 'knockabout'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" [syn: boisterous, knockabout]
adjective
Suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"
noun
A sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
Definition of 'Knockabout'
From: GCIDE
- Knockabout \Knock"a*bout`\, n.
- 1. (Naut.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib; a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
- 2. A knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq., Australia] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'knockabout'
From: GCIDE
- knockabout \knock"a*bout`\, a.
- 1. Marked by knocking about or roughness. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. Of noisy and violent character; marked by farce, pratfalls, and horseplay; as, knockabout comedy. [Theat. Slang]
- Syn: boisterous, slapstick. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither; suitable for use in rough activity; suited for everyday use; -- used especially of clothing.
- Syn: casual, everyday. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]